Ron Davies Collection

Family Trucking Business

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Ron and Allan Davies' first truck

Ron Davies at 16 years of age. Notice the Chauffeur's License on his belt. Drove the Cascade Highway hauling men, groceries and equipment to the large forest fire in 1961.

One of Dads First Trucks
with my sister on the Hood Think 1935

Davies Transfer & Towing Service

Hope, BC

McLean School grounds. Feed store is now the Senior Citizen's Manor.

Tow Truck 1952 FordDrivers Ron & Ted Davies

Greyhound coach 200 feet over the bank along the Cascade Highway

Top Image: I sat in this bus and kept the steering straight while the tow truck and a D4 Cat pulled the bus up the bank.

Lower Image: Greyhound coming back on the road

Ron Davies Driver Truck 1952 Ford

Roy McKay on top of Greyhound coach after it was refloated on Kootenay Lake.

Picture of a Kamloops Moving International Truck. The manager was Mort Williston, Driver was Henry Ekkel. Henry drove for West Transfer in Nelson. Then to Chapman's and Kamloops Moving and ended up driving for Cantin's Moving.

Davies Transfer 1965 Ford 850 taken in Cranbrook, BC

Davies' 1957 International and 1956 Ford 600 parked in the yard

Davies Moving Van 850 Ford

Another Davies truck on the job in Vancouver, BC. Drivers were Wilf Acheson and Andy Schrich.

Davies straight job taken along the Cascade Highway.

Davies truck getting a wash job

L -> R: Edward Davies, Ron Davies and Allen Davies taken at the Flood Truck Stop in August 1963. Photo sent to me by Bruce Harger.

Ted Davies

Davies Transfer 1960 Ford 700

Williams Moving Van GMC taken in Davies Yard in Rossland, BC, after being pulled from a ditch.

Davies truck fueling up at the Falls Cafe along the Hope-Princeton Highway.

Taken at the Falls Cafe
along the Hope-Princeton Highway.

Davies Transfer Ford pickup

Davies Transfer International L-180. Driver Ron Davies

Davies Transfer For F-850 at the top of the Salmo-Creston. Driver Ron Davies and wife Tess.

I brought the 420 crawler in from the lake. I am starting to do it over. Dad painted it yellow, but new it was John Deere Green so i hope by spring I can run it out done over. My only problem is there is no more 13 speed, I am down to about 3 Speed . The John Deere is 66 Years old.

This one is all done. It's a 1953 John Deere 40.

My two Uncles leased the Velvet Mine in Rossland in the late forty's but I don't think there was any Velvet Gold.

N Force is owned by Ross Shannon, who is My Nephew.
They have seventeen cranes working the Calgary area.

Loading Ore Rossland 1934
My father started hauling ore in 1935

GNR Trestle 1934

Snow is starting to melt and I'm getting some of my tractors out on the road and some other yard pieces.